HMS Lively (1900)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Lively.
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Lively |
| Builder: | Laird, Son & Co., Birkenhead |
| Laid down: | 20 June 1899 |
| Launched: | 14 July 1900 |
| Completed: | April 1902 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Lively-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 385 long tons (391 t) |
| Length: | 219 ft (67 m) |
| Beam: | 21.25 ft (6.5 m) |
| Draught: | 8 ft 7 in (2.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | Vertical triple-expansion steam engines Coal-fired Normand boilers 6,250 hp (4,661 kW) |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Armament: | 1 × QF 12-pounder gun 3 × 6-pounder guns 3 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes |
HMS Lively was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was built speculatively by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, pre-empting further orders for vessels of this type, and was bought by the navy in 1901.
Operational history
HMS Lively was commissioned at Devonport on 13 May 1902, with the crew of the HMS Ostrich, taking that ship´s place in the Instructional flotilla [1]
References
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Saturday, 10 May 1902. (36764), p. 8.
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